Date: June 20, 1972
The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130. Date: July 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. Date: January 24, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Title IX Amended…
American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches. Date: November 8, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972First Leap Second Added to UTC Time System, June 30, 1972Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion Lands…
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Date: December 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Rose Heilbron Becomes First Female Judge at Old Bailey, January 4,…
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. Date: January 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Moroccan Air Force Attacks Hassan II’s Plane in Coup Attempt, August 16, 1972Vietnam War: Communist Forces Capture Loc Ninh, April…
The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. Date: March 2, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Iberia Flight 602 Crashes Near Ibiza…